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the performances end ceremoniously and like school children, they’re guided one by one into a single room. it doesn’t take a genius to know why they’re doing this and very much like last time, yuna follows obediently; fingers running through her hair as she smiles once she passes the threshold.
can you say i’m ready for my closeup?
𝗤 ⟨ YOU’VE ONLY DONE DANCE PERFORMANCES AS YOUR MAIN SKILL, WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO KEEP YOUR MAIN SKILL AS ‘SINGING’ ⟩ !
she sighs, it was a hard decision but yuna only had one thing to say about it. she didn’t want to dwell on it, nor did she want to give away that she had been heavily stressed about the decision. “i just wanted ariana grande sunbaenim to notice me, to show her i did my best for her song.”
𝗤 ⟨ WHO STOOD OUT TO YOU IN YOUR CATEGORY? WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS ⟩ !
“in my category?” she stares at the camera, “it’s tough to say. if i’m being honest,” there’s a pause -- and i’m always honest, she’s about to say. “i don’t think there was anyone who stood out in my category, aside from myself. everyone did what they were expected to do and nothing was memorable, per say. harsh, i know but if i thought i could do better, everyone else should be set to that same precedent.” she shrugs.
“in the other categories though, i do have a few favorites, yes.”
“i think @moonbokrk improved the most, shockingly. i said he could do better and he did just that this week. i actually liked his version of ‘til i die’ because i love the original so it was nice to know that he didn’t butcher it. because it could have easily go sideways, y’know.” she clicks her tongue, arms crossed.
at this point, even if she thought her cousin did very well -- there was no way she was going to say that to his face, perhaps saying it to a camera would be better. “@rkkhg oppa? his performance was better than last week by a very slight margin. i guess telling him i know he can do better must have made him work harder. who knows, it’s still not his full potential, though. he needs to stop holding back.”
“any more?” they have the audacity to ask her,
but she smiles, shaking her head, “no, that’s it.”
𝗤 ⟨ WAS THERE ANYONE YOU DIDN’T THINK WAS UP TO PAR TO WHAT YOU EXPECTED OF THEM? WHO WAS THE WORST OF THE NIGHT ⟩ !
it’s her favorite part. the ones she didn’t think made the cut. and as always, yuna had quite the list. “@rkkyg? i think he’s hyunggu oppa’s friend and as much as i wanted to like the dance, it was too much for my taste. too all over the place, too ... the appeal that i know lc9 jun sunbaenim has. that sensual appeal?” but who was she to talk, she was still a teenager who knew little to none of that. “it seemed more sexual to me. unless that was what he was going for? but honestly, i do give him a little bit of props -- a little bit -- because jun sunbaenim’s songs are hard and for him to tackle it, yeah, he gets a little bit of my respect.”
“@jungeunxrk was a trainwreck. even her dye job couldn’t help her performance,” she shakes her head. sometimes a good hairflip made for good editing but the way the lighting shown on the other girl’s hair, it made yuna bite back a cringe; her own fingers twirling around the ends of her dark, virgin locks. “it’s harsh and yeah, sounds mean. but really? that was not what i expected from her. ”
“ah, @rkheejin? i guess it suits her -- she seems like that type.” they ask her ‘what type?’ and yuna has to hold herself back from laughing, “y’know, a try hard.” she sniffs. it was quite hypocritical of her to say when, really, yuna was the biggest try-hard she knew. but she wasn’t going to say that to the cameras -- of course not. “no, but it seemed like she was trying too hard to be something she wasn’t and that’s why i can’t say she did her best. the song was a nice choice; better than last week, but, from what she showed last week to this -- you’d think there’s that expectation of getting better but instead of that i just felt like it was too unnatural.”
𝗤 ⟨ IS THERE ANYONE YOU THINK WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE MGAS ⟩ !
“did you see @rkyeji‘s performance? it was so emotional. the dance was really beautiful. i thought i was in a movie or something. i hope she gets to go on to the next phase.” she did almost cry during the performance, whether it was the song or the way yeji had moved -- it had really sparked something in yuna. bittersweet because as much as yuna loved her friend, she felt that slight spark of jealousy, would yuna ever be perceived like that? would anything she do be as beautiful?
“even @ryujinrk‘s dance was really good. i’m not really into the song, because ed sheeran’s songs are usually so slow but ryujin made it work for her performance and it actually made me really like the song, weirdly enough? and i’m not saying that because she’s one of my closest friends. she’s crazy talented, if you can’t see that -- maybe you need to go get your eyes checked.”
“i think she was one of the people i said lacked something last week -- what was her name?” she frowns, picking her brain as she tries to recall the numerous performances and the names that had suddenly been lost on her mind. “uh ... i think it was @rksihyeon? usually slow songs don’t catch my ears, like i said, but i guess the way she sang it made me stop and listen. especially since i didn’t think a lot of people in my category did very well, she had a little something. this time i actually listened, whatever she didn’t have last week -- i saw it in her this week.” she smiles, “maybe she’ll make it through again on that.”
𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝘘 ⟨ THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ⟩ !
“thank you so much!” she says, a breath of relief departing her as she leaves the room. while not a friendly face, yuna walks her path back to her seat; ready to wait idly for the results to come.